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Now that we are getting into the Christmas movie season on TV, I started reminiscing on when I first watched Home Alone at the movie theatre in Billings, Montana. Back then, as a kid in Glasgow, Montana- if you wanted to watch the big, new movie you'd have to wait for a month or so for it to show up in your local small town theatre.

After hearing our coverage on the youth violence taking place in Montana, one Billings mom decided to share her heartbreaking and frustrating story. Her open letter is below.

We dropped in for a visit Monday morning and caught up with Desmond's owner Nick Blake who grew up on the Hi Line in a small town called Rudyard. He tells me the company first got its start in 1863. He started the store in Billings 33 years ago.

There's a book that talks about school shootings and killing teachers? And it's on the school library bookshelves in Billings, Montana? Why one mom is encouraging folks to show up at the Billings School Board tonight.

What is happening with all of these shootings in Billings and in Yellowstone County, Montana? Yet another round of shootings over the weekend in the Billings area, including a shootout with a Yellowstone County Sheriff's Deputy. We asked Sheriff Mike Linder.

A Montana woman not only wrote a book about her experiences as a soldier in Iraq, she also started a podcast that is helping other female veterans open up about their experiences.

The former English teacher spoke directly to the middle school kids about the importance of language. "Words matter. Words can start wars. Words can end wars. Words can end families."

What happened in some of the big municipal elections in Montana on Tuesday? Here you go...

For some reason every time I hear local city leaders pleading with Montanans NOT to leave their guns in their cars...I keep thinking of the Reginald Denny/ Rodney King spoof from In Living Color back in the day.

Why are we seeing gang activity in a state like Montana? What role do the Mexican drug cartels play? We caught up with Stacy Zinn who recently retired as the head of the DEA here in Montana.